/*
TShock, a server mod for Terraria
Copyright (C) 2011-2012 The TShock Team

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
using System.IO;

namespace TShockAPI
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Derived objects can be written to and read from streams.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IPackable
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Writes object information to the stream
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="stream">Stream to write to</param>
		void Pack(Stream stream);

		/// <summary>
		/// Reads object information from the stream
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="stream">Stream to read from</param>
		void Unpack(Stream stream);
	}
}